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8lr abaNM Tapper informs the
MAU lied Engem that tke e a pet is to
see • general electro for the Domin
las before Parllement meets again.
TM basis of his expectatkw le so
peculiar that It le worth giving. 11
only ea a literary curiosity. Tu an
enquiry es to Me %Anion of the pulite
oat ritual -Ion. ti/r Cbardes said :
"I was not surprlwd.. but much
g ruittfied to learn from t. r•umstauces
which hate come W my notice eines
my arrival that there Is 'velem* of
a wide -spread revolt tbwsgho0t the
whoa Dominion agalud the present
Uovernment. The violation of all
their promisee and the contempt
which they have exhibited for pub-
lic opinion In the administration of
the rAgsk. of 1. OasaUV. 'sham In
conjunction with the seething mass of
corruption new being exposed In On-
tario. and with whleb they are re-
garded as being clearly Identified. le
undoubtedly driving large numbers of
repreeent/0Jan Liberate who have
formerly supported them 1row the
ranks of the party."
It the Laurier Government Is as
unpopular as Kir Chase Tupper has
"learned" that It 1s. one would natur-
ally expect its member* to stave off
the esu day of defeat as long am pos-
sible. Instead of rushing to their dorm
a couple of years sooner than they
have to. Perhaps It would lave been
as well for Bir Charles to keep
quiet until be had been a week or
two longer in the country. for In
that time be might have learned that
everything has been going with a
boom during hie absence. that the
harvest Is good, money is plentiful.
the factories all lawny. profits large
and employment plenWal. 1f he had
given thew things as reasons for an
early appeal to thea people, there
would have been some sense In his
talk, for good tense always help the
party in Rower. Then. it tai had
thought a little farther, It might
have occurred to Sir Charles that the
harvest of 1899 will keep the times
good at least tip to the mlfitfle of rig/
year 1900. so that there in really
no sweat about going to the country
with a record of "broken pruner/es."
etc., ete. Bir Charlet went on to ray':
" If the Governmeot shoed deter-
mine upon an appeal to the people
1t will, In my judgment, only he Lbs
result of a oamicfoeesame on their
part that in a few menthe the Local
Govertmeuta of Ontario and Man-
itoba are sure to be defeated. and
of a desire to anticipate a consum-
mation *blob would predicate a
fatal catastrophe to the Federal
Parliament. If. therefore, they
carry out Mot i believe to be
their present Intention. namely to
bold the elections at an early date
in order to avoid the disastrous con-
sequences of the • low of both them
province,• It vein result practically
in s repetition of the experience of
1878.
The Tory leader is old enough to
avoid the common mistake of
enumerating his feathered bipeds
prematurely. It 1s by no means a
certainty that the Oovernmenta of
Manitoba and Ontario will be de-
feated when they appeal to the
people. nor does it follow stunt their
defeat would oattw the defeat of
the Dominion Government. The
CimeervatLTes wee several Deed*
Ws victories wells Ontario sad Hao-
Hobe .uppereed the Liberals in Pro.
•inial politics. In 1878, the hard
%Amen helped the Tories back to of-
fice at Ottawa. Thee* asp no hard
times to help them meet Aad.
though 1t may be hard to make Bit
(harass understand it. the Tortes Is
Canada are not charmed by the
name of Tapper as they used W be
charmed by the name of Macdonald.
001*Q>t1ia! DIMeIM1)l1A.
It le a good many years shat*
HaaUtat hadl had a ~km outbreak
of 'malignant dlpbei�ta. Partial's
m
the sanitary eaam in use. among
which a reg?mlar soavengtag eyswes
r lmportaai. sad the treater oars
exercised 01 lass year, In giving
throat disease early attention, has
bad something to do with oar moo
partitive immunity from Attack. For-
tunately. medloal science U now bet-
ter fitted than ever to oven with
this disease. The antitoxin of dlph-
tberia has done iamb to rid 1t of its
reran. 11 was intradetosd to Oer-
manny In 1884. In the eight previous
years in Berlin there were 42.000
oases reoosded. and 12.500 deaths.
or a death rate of nearly 80 per
mai. In the three following years
there were 14.000 cameo. with 2,000
deaths. a mortality of less than Id
per oent. In the Berlin hospitals in
1898. 2.400 cases were treated. and
the deaths were 951; In 1897 the
cases treated numbered 1.941. and
Um Math. weer 2113. Prom Yseah
to September, 1894. all cases of
diphtheria and croup In the Kaheerin
Hospital la Berlin were treated by
the new method. and the death rate
was 15 per cent. From September
until the middle of November no far-
ther
arther apply of the serum could be
obtained. and the death rate at
mos returned to 48 per Dent.. stsk-
intg again to 15 as Noon a• the fresh
supply of serum arrived. That la
a ctrcumstanoe that .peaks strongly
tor the treatment.
But Berlin was not alone in this
experience. Yankee. Prague. and
Trieste hospitals ran out of the an-
titoxin. and 1n the nlx weeks of de-
prlvatkau the mortality from diph-
theria rise from 17.8 to
56 per vent. In 1893 there
were 1.398 deatle from dlphther!a In
Para hospitals 1st 1 number
had fallen to e74. In the London hhoo-
p:tale In 1894 the dlpbtberla death
rate was 62 per o.nnt., last year ;t
waa but a trifle over 17 per oast.
Cli cage bad • similar experience. t8e.
death rate from the dleease falWtg
from "80 to WIN than 10 per 0911. Of
68,648 cases of d'phtherta treated
with the serum there were 12,500
Mitt* a taortallty o1 nbdnt 18 bet
Dent. Of 16,230 eases not treated
with. the serum 6,136. or about 39
per seat.. ended fatally.
The reports of Onter.o'a iteg:strar-
Genaral .bows s''e llerly gaol results
here. in 1897 there were 976 (teethe -
(rem diphtheria, and 1n 1898, In the
(sod of an improved registration sys-
tem. there were only 633 deaths. The
ant:toxin is credited with having mach
to du wIU, the improved condition.
Besides tha miaowing the antitoxin
dant well as a prophylactic. Faml-
I ee in which diphtheria existed bare
been treated and the mon gratify-
ing results have been obtained la pre-
vention of the spread of the disease.
Moreover. the dlssovery of this serum
!tag led to other dlenover%es, and we
now have anxious antitoxin& Haffkine
has reported to the Indan Govern-
ment a long ser ler of anticholera in-
oculations which almost completely
mad Gated the tYssase. Among 0,534
inoculated meat 27 canes of cholera
developed. and 24 deaths occurred.
'retie to 1'..226 cases not Maculated
2¢7 cases developed, with 210 deaths.
Of 4.000 perecri. inoculated In Cal-
iente only four ccotractetHilledleamer
and this after the lapse of One two
yearn.
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EDITORIAL. NOT'$$.
Last year 11.1$.r10,M0 letters paved
through the British past-ottios. •ad
at time 6,600,010 were eO lllieglbly ad -
dreamed that they could act be de -
Yawed. They contained mommy sad
estimable' to tbs animal at PAM;
460. •
Pout and Drayton will now move
from the oentre of the sews stag*
There will remain dltterenoss of
opinion as t e the way they were
dealt with, bat the weary news-
paper men will heave sighs of retLa
that they are gone. and will sot be
over-oemsorloss.
Thr Chicago Tritan* manifests lis
kindly appreciation of British sym-
pathy and support of the United
Mates in their national crisis by say -
tog that la event of Um Transvaal
trouble leading to British soldiers
beteg called oat a the outseoken wish
of Amertoaas will be that-
" Every tart beneath tbelr feet may
be • soldier's sepulchre.
-Mho Fhlkehnp8ta .Ib m J - • toward
that English cap Mallets are Uvulae
to Cgbe. It says: " They make their
investments lm the faith that each s
great prise oust prove too tempting
a paase.eton to be ever abandpned.
They judge the people of the Ignited
States by their ow,: Igoe hungering
ftaa.aarct." Well. we Niall see 11 they
have mwjxlged the United Mates.
£1017? PLAYING CARDO.
, In the me:ai life of the eighteenth
century nothing le more curious this
the extraordinary infatuation die
played by all classes of society for
cards; and it may he said with cer-
tainty
artainty that at no other period have
No many women made them the one
engrossing ,v upatlo of their lives.
The long hours which they constantly
spent at the card table now MOS
well-nigh Incredible. A Mr. Prynne. t•
a volume df reminiscences. eaye : "My
. mother went annually on a .Wt to a
Indy at Nottingham. On one or two
oocasloni there were nix ladles of the
party, sod for three Clays the played
at quadrille, commencing after break-
fast wi$huet eesatng. Four were come
pied with the card table and two were
at liberty, hat they took turns to go
In as the others came out." In all are
Noel& functions of the day cards
reigned &epe•rgne. Conversation was
wm+time& entirely tabooed, and eves
refreehmenta were net always pro-
vided.
rovided. cards by themselves being o00-
sldered a sufficient entertainment.
Together. no doubt, with moth Inno-
eeat card playing, an immense amount
d gambling went on. and this passion
for gambling was aa common among
women as among men. Laxly Elisa-
beth Stuart, who died at the age of
118. only a year before her death lost
112,280 In ooe eight at cards. A writer
in the Annual neglecter for 1766
Maim that a Indy a week before had
Int 4'15,000 at a pitting.
one 0t Ibe nasi notorious women
gambler, et the eighteenth century
waw MW Pelha* the daughter ,d the
Prime Ninaster. She not only rained
herself at cards. but would have beg-
gared her slater Mary as well had not
Sher framer b itervesed eat Inskt d
an the Maters separating. Hots*.
wnlpele Ctree a pitiful account of
-- pons Mee Pelham sitting up all night
at the cluh, krNng thoneance n night
and her temper, beating her head."
Antler writer Nays ,bat the unhappy
woman eftart played with the tear&
streaming down her cheeks. Lady
Wary ('neaps• n. an old maiden lady.
w .net mpirary el Mlle FMbbam. and,
Hee ler. 1441.1.'4 W gambling. bad
the as p openstty to tear* Wham
she lest. we are told. ab. wore bit-
b sty-" ' for the lass lteelf," she
to explain, " lest for the
d 4be okras."
111 a FO8 THS -
BOBRS' FIRST SHOT
The Transvaal Troops Ready
to Strike.
Rill 01 ?flB FBONTIBB.
The reduction to freight rates se-
cured by the Crow's Nest Pau Rah-
way bargain 1s a wary important
matter to the people 01 Manitoba and
the Northwest. The drop from 17 to
14 coots a Modred pounds means
a sating to the farmers of at lea*
0760,000 on the wheat crop of the
year. Moreover tbet scheme has
opened up a one market for produce
and given am impetus to Industry
that w1-1 not be without great sod
Inareadog benefit to the Northwest.
The scheme to be'.* eletatorm at
Port Colborne and Montreal. to d5vert
the grain trade from the Buffalo -New
York to the 8t. L•wrsase route
seems to be worthy of encourage-
ment. It would not limply supply em-
ployment to the grain -bendier.. bet
would put Canadian vessels upon an
equality 'Were' 'thane 01 41st' tinsels
litates w'18'regard to Duluth acid
('leago burners. The boat going
tweet 1;bt would carry return cargo..
at lost .milk*, thus 1*rsefitt:eg impart-
ers asurea camera Now that the Bt.
Lamaism canals are yearly finshed.
let's melte moms Ose cot- tahee&
California Is peneralty regarded as
a land of romance, but there mast be
some luted -headed people lu the Uo:den
Btate. Wit le the east and the Mlea1a-
..ppl valley are still affected by "the
pomp and c reamatanre of glorious
war," and are beat on fighting It out
with the Philipplr►es. " 1f it takes all
summer," the Los Angeles Herald rhes
W remark that
The; motley that has aL-eady been
sprat In the Orient. plus that which
will be needed before that war Le
coned. would have brought ander an
adequate water prlillege a targe
enough part of our and Amer:ex to
rapport more than 20,000.000 people.
A market than *fielded would .bean
prosperity guaranteed to the Unite.)
States for many years to come, at
market far beyond coseparieon with
nny the Orient can turn!*. No .bast
a larger market weskd be opened b7
a (tome expansion even to a limit of
100.000 Amer'.an (smiles than will
be Y<ttarded by 1DN6wtaslt-'itoer-- -
tne• Philippines = - -.
Lien, deabert Drives ti 9oltnvt
to ?ate Command,
OHM MI BTUTE EO?(V&
Auer Tial the Duke of Owvaaught
May we as bsa.etei Oammwtemer to
Math £tubi.-Rwaaers About th.
Oiseelletemeditiammegeoramiamem
Illerjaesa Seen
London, Oct. 3. -The Exchange Tele-
graph Ceemeey seeds out a despatch
that the Boers hate captured Dun-
dee, bat no oonf1gaa4.xt of the report
is obtainable from asp Eton*. The
rumor that f:gheleg has already com-
metoed seem. to or$(,ate at the
Woolwebb areesais. It :s uuderetood
that. the Colonia! Off co reuelved nn
important dsagstclh leen 5 r Alfred
Winer. British High t ommlenuaer for
South Ahem& yesterday. the mnteat
of whloh, 'ItOsrever, have not been
made
The Daily Chem cle says 1t has rea-
son to believe that the foraralica of a
naval br;ade is contemplated
The Moms( Post aga a complains
ed.torally that, alth''urge tate Govern-
ment put their hied i to the plough la
July.Octgber ha» arr'%el w;thout vls-
-tile progress hat eg been made, and
the paper ares what they are waling
fur, and etpeemes the c¢u:on that
•'the expealea1 attitude malntalr♦ed Is
hardly enne"uant tt _th the b.gb .o und-
log mode that hn ve been made*
CONNAIlOHT TO MI -:ET KRUGER 1
A ...or, •sledr)i. I",ewer, masks osa-
Crmatiau, le currant at the clubs that
the Duke of Connaught will aeo0a-
pany (lereral 8lr l:ed.ers Buller to
Afr'cn as Imperial Iommiwbaer to
conifer with Preedent Kruger and
d
TM fArea which has lately been
advocating Me policy of semding an
Imperial CeensaLsloner - suggesting
tor the pan the Marquis of theiferin
and Ava-to meet President Kruger
and try to arrange matters, today
argues that the Ministers new w
the machl.Z which Kr. Chaaberaln
has brought upon the ceastry.,
Another rumor :mat night was that
the Brltlsi Government w12 seed a
clrou.r to the powers explaining
their reasons for going to war.
The Lefton oorreepoudeet of ilea
Standard mays he is abs to &ay the
rumors that negotiations are In pro-
grama respecting`"De:ages Bay.
The Beello correspondent of tee
Daly News report.. that recent lnter-
v1ws between Lord Salisbury and
Count von Hatfent.WlWeebarg, Ger-
man Ambassador to Great Britain,
were heal with reference to the Sem-
cas question, and Mats that Rag:and
oan buy Germany's good wit b Af-
rica by meting the •new of the Ger-
man Governmeot regarding the set -
Cermet of the Ssmos n difficulty.
An open-eir meeting In Dubin yes-
terday addreaeed by Michael Devitt
adopted reareutaoos expressing the
hope that should war break out the
victory woad rest wltb the Beers, .04
thanking the Irishmen who joined the
Transvaal forces and condemning tae
enlistment of Irnbmea In the British
PURSUIT 0? A ONI1 A
If the perpetual mo4tca that
many men base sought and still seek
were a thing to be ae.Oepllshr.l It
would carry withia itself a princl-
atpie that would !evolve universal de -
Memnon. If aamrthing may be de-
veloped from nothing it must follow
that sew itblag may also return
to nothing, and thus the great fun-
damental law that govern matter In
all 14. correlation' become a nega-
tion and fallacy.
'There Is no machinery that can,
in and of itself, evolve power. A ma-
chine of any kind only makes the
mecbanlcal appllcatloa of power.
which men be generated ontaide and
apart from the rnecbanlsm. The ma-
chine is only the *061010 on which
force renders Its exertion. Nor can
It even yield all It get, for. mom -
sadly, there mast lie bearings some-
where; these involve friction, and
that mesas some consumption of
tee /oro.. But we are not to sumo*
that tbe p.rpetnel motion ee.kersare
met of no Intelligente. They. may
be bntellignnt In many things, but
they are not In grasp with the gen-
eral nondltlats of nature, and they
are especially lame in tnowleotge of
natural law. Such law must exist
In the oon,Rltntlat of the anivsr*s
axed as such moot have intend the test
d eternity. Under no ot'rcumrtanoes
may rich a law become Inoperative.
The Avery first lesson to learn le the
all peftet 1 fact that the laws have an
inexorable eond.4tency and an inalien-
able hntegpIty. Then matbematics and
meoliarees unfold and dlaehons their
compaaentary character. 1t becomes
clear that all action most bus daplayeed
wttthtn preenribed ilaltt4 and instead
orf devdttng• time and means to stelae.
blundering in tlhe domain of the lm-
powabl4 s.4 the fleet aim{ be an eager,
Yea. a devout, dod a to ramie etand the
orndertying principle from which the
seem moues for mon evolve Itself.
An engine cam render no more power
than M Bete from the oombaatton of
tool in the firebox d the boiler. and
never renders all d that. Neither the
Mama not WW1 UMW Mash*. 6ae
renter any more form than 11 devel-
oped from the Aac0mposildon ot• food In
the atom's*. Out very thoughts ata
enteethlag. and alt Waking maaa. •
eoneumptloa d a seed ese egy, which
has to be replenished or thought mast
.save.
This b an age d strange things. A
wereas at Port Chaster, K. Y., (web -
whited dr remarks d n.igtbn•s the f
her Wagers teas "tae Wag" eel a prime
aft tient eb�ts.
BIEW Off 1115 HEIOL
Samuel Wood First Killed His
Faithful Dog.
FOUND LYING DEAD TOGETHER.
Brantford, Ont., Sept 28. - Word
reached thea city this morning d a
melancholy tragedy which occurred
yesterday near the village of Kelvin,
in Burford township.
A man named Samuel Wood, teed
of life, first 'shot hie falthfil dog
dead and than brew out his own
Maine. Wood was 50 years of age,
and unmarried. fie had had a lot
of trouble, and its mind is supposed
to have bean unhinged. Yesterday
he took eke shotgun, and, calling bin
dog, walked towards a woods not
far from his home In search of
"mall game. The man most have
been brooding over hie tronbiss, for
Jae, before he reached the weeds be
turned on the dig et hie heels sad
n ot him dead. He then walked
into the bon, where he case ��ppwNa
some men at writ. The men
him what he bed not at, grid be
replied that be had killed his deg,
but would glove no reason except
that 14 was better dead. Wood
then ,trolled back to where
the deg lay. and before anyone p.
timed went he was doing placed the
mutate of the gun to be head and
pulled the trigger by means 01 •
stIek. .The 'whole top of the man's
bead weir blown off, and he fell
1 dead Intently close bathe the body
of ha four -footed onmpen)nn. The
ooron.r was notified, but did at
deem an bagmest necessary.
e'ATALITIae AT TOM HUW1'.
Mar Mesa oat One British H.g/ment
Most Death.
iso ye Onto.. A vi r.
btaIMilto Or PARLIAIrl1iNT. Market Reports bulk w teoj4awktlai shop let; ,
late Oq. 001. 2. -No etas al w • uapi at �14t��1 M*M kthoist, a wuok't
41.144' w1M shown at this b OMb+ tont. er44sd 11q 1 ha fully b
ogee of tarso and
The Week. beN t �►�,
al teat .W>let} .atJ Oasd�«t,ITlw�e rbiar it
11yta y�
d Mr. GMltlltharl•la
std qa lC•r(
'of tlelburoe were ab '
emit ' the tu)ktnlal 011ie . batt
Lord Latlednirr e. Goo. Lord WOISO-
lay. and Gem. Mir Svslya Wood Mee
busty engaged tat 4ha War Wise.
Oen. 8k Redeem Balber MUM at the
War ()ltike this af*srr00 t. and a
a .oilti board maithig was held
publeinic, but 11 dna wth t Odea.
Duller will out . � the (kj*
enMi asst week, exerept In case of
+qypreliebeiris of 1 dnvejg7tllemts, - _
t are
eetnrnMalay
lag to Mara, in *51101pation of
an early sumem e111g of Parliament.
It Isthough the g�oeral�laar�wsebn LYab ab
vs. a � !Irn tsala M
us
by, eve veil gcjibe 18.required axarl,
It le prob�a!
they will abets* Isom Nertf Us
in a division.
Report trace various arm.na:a and
garrisons 1e Great Britain teatify to
the active ocatiamelaoe of ml Mary pre-
parations. The anger'•.e bare receiv-
ed prelimeaary'+enMg6`tdlei' prepate8,
an4 severs, regiments have been noti-
fied to keep thenae.,e. In readiness
for sefty, service.
Report& from Cape Town are that
an Immediate rupture of the dlp:omu-
11c re.atlona between Creat Britain
end the Transvaal le expected.
Great exoltamsnt preyala at Cape
Town, where Itis ted that the
Boers have occupied L wag's NM.
1LEAT FOR BRITL9H 1.**Y.
London. Sept. 29. -Tire death of
Lleat.-Col Albert Evelyn Houghton.
of the Roydl Marlow Light Infahtry,
waw Inreatlgabed yesterday by Me. W.
J. Harris, err of the coroners fcr
Kent. • The gallant offloer, who wee
forty-three yarn ref age, was killed
by being thrown from hie horse, wh`eh
bad bolted whir, the trnopa were man-
°seeting at Chatham on Snto.rda .
The 'bargee had tween perek.tsed by
LWt-Out. Houghton farm Lteet.lb'.
Heygst*, who was killed a few t iatIli
ago wbla riding to Muncie
The eorooer remarked that font 010-
ean of the Charas gatrison had bear
killed rmelmty hi a stmllar manner.
Cedde Death et Owen Mound.
Owen Ronne Ont. 1. -Harry R..1.1
ley, formerly C. P. R. Matkxr agent
•i AIMn. died sone* es-Menly at
the hone of he Mw, Mr. T.
While
retnrning bons om Fradayyalterntx+s
N. Wit/ seised with se attack of par-
alyee through tis burettes 0 •
vesselMood is the brat& man /ell 04
many.
f1tiN$� �?T XQRL11.10JJBT.,,.
London. Oct. 2-i despatch from
Durban, Natal, tasted 10.46- o'clock
this morning. mewls that the ex-
cltemeat a Inereadng at Durban. TYe
street are tttrong.d with animated
crowd,. and the impression prevails
that the Boer@ way oommence boa -
11111 s to -day. Altoge 4 er over 1.900
Natal volunteers havd gone to the
front. Trains from Lorene, Marques,
Delagoa Bay. are bringing enormous
crowds, principally mtnere. A Boer
command has arrived at the border
town of Comantipoort.
A cable from Cape Tone say, a
despatch received there today from
Cbarkttown. Natal, announces that
90 members of the Orange Free Bente
artillery, with six guns, hay. ar-
rived at Volkerad, a point In the
Transvaal, clone to the Natal border,
and that a marquee has been erect-
ed by the hospital authorities. The
official+ at Ch arleetown bevel meek -ad
a telegram from the Colonial Secre-
tary, to slower to an enquiry, In-
structing them to remain abet/lately
stW, and to offer no realstence. No
women have been left In Volksrud,
and the natives are leaving Charles-
town. The officials still remain, but
are ready to leave at a moment's no-
tice. General Joubert, the Vlee-Presl-
dent of the -South Africa* Rspebile.
and ' Commander -la -Chief of the
Tran.vaal f has arrived at troika.
eget. anti ha presence there will
probably have a calming effect.
The cutworm from -Johannesburg say
rev mmmanderIng tdrk place there on
Saturday, They set that many of the
Boers are anzaire to leave, and that
many of the young leen are forming
corps of civilian polite. and are acting
In dnjuncttas with the Merchants'
AenoelatIon. The town Is quiet. The
Merchants' Committee announces that
British subjects. ender a permit, will
he allowed to remain, and that con-
sular lettere and p•aport will he
accepted If the persons preventing them
are of good character.
FIGHTING EXPECTED 'TO -MORROW
London, Oct. 2.-A despatch from
Pretorla yesterday my. that G.
Jan Kdbk will command the Boer
forces on tie Natal border, Cotnmand-
nt CronJ! on the southwesters, and
Gen. 8chalkburger on the eastern fros-
tier, while Gen. Malan will be In com-
mand ret Russertberg. Altogether there
will be nine generale M oommnnd of
ooltmns. A complete plan of earn -
Palen has been arranged with the
()ranee Free State. A rigorous a n-
Nrrelrlp Is maintained over all peons
teeegrane President i addremed
the tempo wh't•h gloried for the Natal
hider nn Saturday, appealing to their
patriotism. and wlahfng them god-
*med. Fighting le exesefsd by Wed-
nesday.
TM entire railway ayeteea of the
Reath A/rkan Replens Nat*May
pa"usd under the .antro* of the s
terry authorities. This .ystem, env
trentel Johansen-wg, eimtta of
..sang down tromps within 100
miles of the Bralrhsataland herder on
the wen ; the Nate) branch, the
enithern ternaries of wit's* le Dee
tan, 0n the const, Mom" the hoed@.
at Lessee 801 ; the eme ern dl•Iafar
smash* the Portage** border a ate
Ws northwest d I.oremso� Ma►gnea.
and loathes the smart at Defacers
/Bamy,,mwhile the southwestern Me
`10b0rs thetelgh the length 0 taste. mad Wool* lies
Louiev -es, Ky.. Oot. 2.-1!o Bretlab
Government bas ceased a eastraot
with the Loutavi to Packing Company
for 4,250.000 pounds d meat b be 1ur-
alaM.d the Rus tsh artgy at laureate.
The contract is for hams and to
be shipped in five insta-meata d -
000 pounds wok. Semler parehues
have been made am Chicago, Gla•la-
nat.4 and St. Louts, and 1t a prattle
oa.Iy certain that they will result In
forcing up the prices of these artle:ae
ad pro,iseoe& The meat from Louts-
.k4e will be &hipped by way of 'Th-
roats to Llverpoo. aaa Olaegow. !s
C41. pprrorlaloa msrobaats ley that tin
Loulevilie contract will do much to
buoy up this market, which has been
quint sad Inactive tor severs. month&
They expect a genera: rise in hog
product* bans especla: immediate -
.y. 78. oontraot le the largest d>t Its
Mad over Paved 1* this sae,.
MIL MILLS' VIEWS.
Vapeogver. Oct. 2. -Hoa. David
Mills, Canadian Minister of Justice. le
beta On beteg askdtl his yawn ora
the Transvaal crisis Yr. Mills said:
K rag roti taut '•Sines yti•t
become cttbm before receiving the
privilege. d We frsachlse is not la
(all ns.. e0m acre. But be
has uuCrriOima to �dkcrlminate be-
tween eluent and alias and has
dealt dNt.reatly with British sub-
jects
mbl
jects to what he has with other
aliens. If it a borne la mind that the
Queen it summit' of the Transvaal !ts►
public, It will be seen teat British
anemia can scarcely be regarded as
alleles proper. I am in sympathy with
Yr. Chaelberlain's attitude and think
he le *stifled In his tourer. If war
results 1t will be because of Kroger,
and uuressonabie position.,'
From the Brlttel side come • few
further particulars of military move-
ments of a minor character, but all
pointing to preparations to safeguard
the frontier 1n., In event of war
end: a sufficient force a assembled
to take the offensive.
041-MeRe DAD DAITM
Kruger Complain& That War a Seim
Pored an Him.
Loudon, Oct. 3.-1 despatch 40
the Times from Pretoria says: "It k
generally expected that • .tate of
war will be proclaimed at any mo-
ment. President Kruger granted me
an Interview to -day and declared he
had dobe all possible for the sake of
peace. Be had accepted Mr. Chamber-
hities corn offer of • cothmon Inquiry
lent ..1tr� R.>«baAaksrlaln..--4,N ..seely
broke tine thread of the negotiations.
troop] were massed on all does and
war was forced awe him. It was
lmpo,sible W acoede to tee despatch
of the 12th Inst. Finch a warm would
have given the land and people into
the kande of strangers. As it was,
bis ,on years' proposal would. ac -
to the field oornets' books. ea-
t 50.000 persons, which was
MOM *AA the whoa number of the
old bileghers. yet not one has tome
forward to take le The Outlander*
n ever really wanted the franchise.
From the first they refused to go on
the *commandos, and reglatered them.
elvesas *Hem. Afterwards Lord Loch
*erred exemption for them on the
nme terms as the Portuguese. He
wished to Indignantly deny Mr. Chsm-
herlaln's .barge that he had broken
htr promo e made during the dimes -
.ion preceding the Pretoria coarse -
Um or 1881, that he would treat
new iihmigrante equally with throb]
,mrghern bad always been
to treat them so. and they had 11-
waya reformed.
in conclusion. I asked 11 there
was still a pomdblllty of peace.
"Na" he nplled,opfter a pause. "un-
less the other side will do something
to make peace pomllrle."
w a �'rest mums R, w
tspssvtathose 'gorith
a year age at ()neat,
poin
Lasagne Resat fRaneen.
Following weMosta. prima e1 Nb. 1 hard ,........ e A year
n ie344
hn(xxtant wheat 055410. today : Oats_ r'.0 whiter ... e7 t Tv
e4
Deo, Goons wheat .. .. 70
Uhtaago............... - 10781-2 TORONTO FAI31IF.R8' MARKET.
to
8Mtu tkles................. p07 714 00-77855-8
0 T785 5-! Lbs
oseaeN
laila
rkisamt
a�da� a tiro:
OOP 2. -hs is °fgraa
Toads -d..
Detrol1-re. ,... -- 0 75 1-2
Detroit. white ......... -- 0 T 1
Duluth, leo. 1 North.a... 0 TO 8- 0-- 8-4 o1 of
Meath. Na 1 Yard... 0 0 4.0d e,0 ash II
Minneapolis ...... ... 068 0 69 11.0 DO. of wow 1t 6 lv9a to 78c. .i
Mata and !soda... Ilaslq-W$a 1.2e dearer. 5.000 le
Toronto. Sept. 80.-Flour-Outertu selling at 44o to 441.110.
patent. In bags. 08.70 to 48.80 ; Oate-Tera firmer. 2.000 be. ,e11.
Igbt rollers. 88.40 to 08.50 ; Hun -big at 300 b 81c.
rlan piton's. 88.95 ; Hanttaba Mk- Pesi--Were le blgbsr, 200 to sill,
ere', 1865, all on track at Tierw&$D •t d0o b 610
Wheat-Qntarlo red and white, 87a omelets were large,thr
nortl, suet west; (�o00o5ee* 700. elartl1and wY • Nod demand and
the mart,*
west Na 1 M*nItoba hard. 80I -2c., env tiaras.
Toronto, and Na 1 northers a1 JJs. am -it'. diptap were liberal,
76 1-80. thadamed wag geed maid the rum
h4M Orb gaoaali' -M1•
*net bme•-Were in Uberal supply,
RJ. -Quoted at 55c.. north and 00,4. isle dtlOsall was sow a'14 1110 ,market
Barley -Quoted at 42e. for No. 2 •rata •MSV.
west ; teed lrrlei 85 to 86o. �krrltrr'-rlbe raoelpte wereiberal,
Bran -City m111s sell bran at 014, " 0*1 a goad demena mod the
and 1tora at 416 in oar lots. Lab. Mrhst vette aisady.
Taranto. Any and s1e$w-Tis reoebfd u( hey
..600 bu.
tm '700. 500 1W 140 and
CLUNG TO THE MASTHEAD.
Boy Rescued After Six Days'
Exposure.
ALL HIS COMRADES MISSING
New York. Oct. 8. -Cape. James,
0t the barque Harry Merrtday, from
Jacksonvil)w which arrived last aagbt
reports that on Sept. 210 he sighted
a wreck, which proved to be the U
9. schooner Herald of the Moneag
from Hamliton. Bermuda, boead to
Jacksonville. Upon drawing near the
wreck bo ,made cot a man on the
masthead. A float was lowered, and
took Mai oft the mast. He was a
negro. Moraee Wilma& aged 15
years, -d Ilaaliton, Bermda. He was
In es atheists('condttlom, hie arms
$ f In the top.
All ibat amid be learned about his
Aipmelles was the fact that shay
were 'lead , He said ea 1y 111 jot �K
ex days before. ow wreck bad been
floating 0* 1455 beam Mai • tong time
geld had� 1T ieOMad In the
wale , Argadltg�t. her
One Ilene 11=.. When
bqr 6s/Imred to he
Ruokwheat-Flraa. Aso. north and wean fair, there wag • 1.004 uq.lry
500. meet. ,rad the as•ttet was
Corn--�aasdlaa 86c. west ; Amer- Of 4y wiling at ril b 1 6 �
ICaA 40o. eat track here. ways no etraw ofN d it Ttwt..
Oatmeal-ttsoted at 118.40 by the s0mloal aL *7
hag and 08.50 by the barrel. on track Deemed Hap- a ...slits tryp
*1 Toronto, In oar Iota riot lasso the :mad
was good ,y
Peas -At 00c. north awest for the seerket wag ateaey at Ile to
Itamedlst shipment. and
84 L.asahe Market
Toronto Beet.wr10.-li.oelpie d 06.86. toay TN volume of Who tea4l coo.
were very baavy, oowakting 01 ll,- 111151. b ezpeintdl e•eiry mouth reale
000 bilabe a rt grata, 28 k*da 01 bay, the sprheg ahaar'a:g ata u
e loads orf straw mad a large supppply d meths 650 r knits. of bmatoesa.
•ogetabis ag ponttry mad butter. 1'aylaanle ave s0000nt pars hes„ +t,
Wheat -Whin easier ; 000 barbels ifeetory lately. and :t acpears that
sold at 48c to Ira. Red easier ; 500 money through the ameba centres 1
bombea add a1 Mc to le 1-114. Goose pientlfal
nrmar ; 3,000 bsabMa solid .t 76 1-Ec nes es.Mt. ok rart..
to 7rb. Fall trate continua, b u
Ba.h to NI 1 ma, : s OM buei.ls .old utast
mad now that thin
at 44a b NI meta maty &boot tive o, .ix w.ka
Oats -Firmer ; 1,000 boabwa sold at eau
IIOe to ilo. bsfoee lie o10� d aswigatas. aY!)A
P..e • dy ; PO loads end at 310andforwardbig freight In ?mimes,
Straw -Steady ; .Lx leads ,told at 43 "le. tidy pory• ad It p OM
W $8.25that a .
larger ParPrepeeists Waelesele from t gewen mett deal math when 1011 l
Paris
Toronto, Sept. 80.-1116y, baled, car movenseat of the Mop get fairly et.
Io4a per toe 08 to 48.26; *traW' baled. ,ler way. Fall orders are pleat**
oar Iota, per tom, 44 to 4+ ; pot- with the wboineale trade now, W
Diss, ba't able,' bee tens,' We', leather MS eaea `Roe Y vna teeth 4aetrhreae
.bolo., tubs. 17c to 18e; medium, tube, business Iia oomlag' 'mason. Thiel'
13c to 140 ; dairy. Ip. rolls, 18o to 100 ; a vary active *mead kr lumber sad
eresmery, ei. rolls, !!o to tSo ; other b ildditnngg malarial. Labor Is
creamers, boxes, 20. to rite ; eggs, well .wpioy.d mad the factorise aid
choke, new aid, lb to lie ; honey, suis are be* ea seders that win
par 18., b to 10.. beep limes gotag for many wee*yetgr Lrarktaw Values are very firm for an .taps
Liverpool. sept. 80.-(12.80.)- fids. T e =per market r fere
Wheat. Nor. !ping. 6e 3hd ; No. 1 Cal.. er M aysp1y with the ,trinp.ay
5.6s 1;
-44red. 01w4 s.,8., d8 -4 ;: Dorn
pMa,. nolo. •°acawyn ata takisPoDgIS w*4bNr
1o1a1
,5*4agea �°O4
e7dOs*adas
thba
ltd; pork. prima wellborn sem
51a ad, lard, pel.se we,rn. 28s 9d; rads Wena
Amerk:an reflaad. b
she 84
; tallow. Wholesale trade •t the cant h
Adetrallan, 26s; American. good too Mirk. At-linud Dawson are hay.
fine, les; bacon. beg clear, tlear, 1mberatl ot,Opgoode! Thsayast1 Ha
84s led ; heavy. 8ha led ; ,bort clear. W�'lt�te'rtPaw Railway �k•v. left elides
white, 4* 64; stem., colored, 560; coo* freight will be resolved Ws.
white, 54s ed; wheat (lrm ; Dorn.
yfe'ka. t.aarom There in talk of the .nrq-
Laveryool--C7ca.-8pot wheat ors; eight canneries on lits Fraser and
tutors, Ambit, ; flet•. 8. 1 1.24. marcb Northern hitt* Oa5Mbla Rival
fie A 3-8d. Ifipo1 Dora firm. tie 7 8-4d ; •••►bittag iso •• t0 les la a letter
futures, steady ; Oct. 8s 7 1-8d. Nov. to prosecute the bualner h
8s 0 8-4d, Dec. 8. m 6 5-8d. Jan. 8a 5d. rotspasms. Mason the re.
Feb. 8s 45-8d. Floor, 19e ed. term were camps small owing
Loadom-elves-Wheat cargoes ar• to *e fact that blah: wen Pail
rivedeftmeet. 2. waiting at ootprrt. for the Mak. WetIs�1�s bas rale -
3 ; ea smog, lire. bot not, active ; lel k good deal d the Ly crop in the
off mama bees enquiry. Corn, dtcomet. Fraser R1Tsr V .and other Oa
nothaoir dofog; on pawage fir,, last trete. Oraln, 11 is feared. has Int
sot active; Irdlaa wheat Alp_ fered from the MM imam
mens are 1.000 marten' to the Unit- Tree at WIlled a 0c,,U*w-s active
ed Kingdom and it... to the Coati• the large (rope �aseoasmer lar:ng lar
mit; Danubian Itt�meat* wheat duoed unary r,'atisi risrs h'nat Ow
Ittleads. L a
8.wa'at.'e Leet *155mtiea.
London. Sept. 29. - The contemned
man Robert Ward, who w*. found
guilty of Lis murder d ba tau
children at Walworth. wee removed
late ole R&tatday night from New-
gate to Wandsworth Jail, when, be
elle *1 .heated on Teraidsy. Oe-
tober 8rd.
The exe: etina of Prielos ill pro
stably be the Wet kr tabs pIa4e at
1104044 M the o 1icials.*re Prop*
.ngtn a
sold 11.salt
and Ntst aft,WeeetpligaI ,t4D*r
20.000 quarte,& and Dorn 88.000 Prorinoe Ta bey for the he
qwastems. and winter - d e.
RX*T' aurrALO MAItK1St'." .sand scar g100Pitaamd,oiotea ..
East Buffalo,Tuesday : Gita pro show mamma mai groceries
-There were no treat resoled ad a are aVe�are Ora,'selling be balding
and Mime
generally firm. 'The bn'Ading qar"
very r1gbe demand The mart* la on a1tome are dltli oasslsg & good *mad
the declttlMrg order, and far a tine at for lumbar, ant the es- U1. are all nay
least **Perm mutt sole ease to bgtne busy. and telly a mud* behind ca Dr-
at the late k figures eater were der.. The •Rtpmaats of cattle have
In lLght moderate &mead. abbot been fair lanai , oom cable namMve
Reedy. Choice to extra were uot- of well.tt» cantle having tem
awe 47 to 117.25 ; good to clod*. 06-50 lent through to the Old Comntry me
to try. tete the peat sew ears. There t. a
Sheep and lambs -Toa ot[ar4ege were good dsmamd for mosey at Wiaai�ag
30 loads tneledtag 814 bade of Caro 1•m1b ars well maintained. C)e8ar
oda iambi The *ad. w*. Very dull Mimelm ye eoatry arm fair. bat they
for natives. and no Omand for Cans ate a intim dew* LM WO.
asks. Cholee to extras were quotable Bs*1..e as lomato bail been better
05.25 to 118.86 ; good to choke. 05 to this week. Here airs from the cows.
$825 ; osmaom to fair, 04 to 44.75. try trap have been mediad, and tke
Sheep. choice to extra. 14.25 to 04.50, marene*8 a econdorable tr
good to thole% Nth 44.50 ; oomsu* weans over the previous week. The
to falx. to 43.75. A large part .-, ,m.mt to dry /code, ml Illow1.
a the were Mid over.
clol.hing, beetle melt .loss lees hem
Hcy -With 17 lamb on sale the larger, e'-'bermb4 inland water
Marten ruled dull on the basis of 44.90 yet dha m bake gads' and more
to 44.95 for the •trod Vyyy will 4orw dsoon, as Is
mixed and Yorkers q Hootmbf. uveal s.1 NY .eskers, '1'8ese it let -
44 90 to lee.95 ; Asst 44 70 to 34.15: ter deemed 1o,
aad
44.16 ; 44.75 34.90 ; rroouug�h& pp tom mi mime mats, very fitsastages,q.
$8.25 to 60. The toe mil Ample
4OOAle * I8 *video
lue
c• wag weak. with ewers) dedtia that the *roes of the Provtase,as well
lett over. as the demand from the wa* will b
?*k*11t1 I!<01R'!7 mash lalitaer this season Ilan last
��star- haMg ears tog fa
Manitoba Wb.**em► etaAd Valued et 1e+� tees ring tM
About g1.0110,il0• next .Is war* tlie asst motley mar
Wlemhpg despatch : The *moat Yet 1s. abed, sal little aro no h'gtrea.
d wheat le store at O. P. 1. elem. bat them le Ism gamey *•anente
tore along the breach Ogee la the .took a r1orb p r=ose.. as the *MI
Province, and on the mala 11me as ere sof digoeeduto aeesursg• Maw'
tar west ale Mstalatteag. ag1�,te�gstEad,, latices at ilei t, ovens to 1*'
on bombe*. Saturday
b dearly all No..3 andetreastl0asmeney s pot* the b Ming pureett
hard. and represents to the fe
calculating at to a=slot
55 ciente per bushel, $,610.
Om sd10Saturday2 00the wrltN74..
amounted to 847,700 thashelm. TM
top price paid was 50 smuts, the
*weft 54 oents, a bushel, sad
average airout 5d .seta The 1a'rg-
Mt amommg. deltversd 05 esterase
%%em At ?rmbwlas, 10.000 bush -
ale ; Portage Is Frain& Doggie*,
amid Allem. 8,000 larisehaT1s
largusi annisonte were at ale NOvM olaf or 100,00 0
he
leash, rad al Merles 100,000 bash -
ale. No *tattoo ball less than 2,000
bmshet&
WHRAT OUTLOOK.,
In Ontario there le. aescleiimg to the
latest ..masse d the I�r d
Agenuttere of Oattelia'i rows 1a
the crop twat 115*6., 1181 taisreage
than sable
A
mo.
TMheM Sew -
s1 the
banks have
won. Bet
.0speamiay. is le Bader llooth
• the "wheat *op d the
Mason will meow* to l0r
snail atAbaobab awes thaa
� bMhe the The
eer1L
the wwr
t hoa* aleggieaop
ap • tor thll he
it*, epWs the
Magian
11 1.
MNthe
est
N,05
Inagtaro lo t
ProUM year mad lode's"
tM
01 esrNlw.1
wOUNpan 1T A MILD Ova.
saes....1. Mills, er Tbaesederd. 0vss es
the Pease„ fawttet as New reek
Woedafoek. Oat, 000. 1.-Oeorge R.
labs emir of the dippoore of the
Thaneselord Pair, Mgt let New Tort
o* Baterehy to undergo 4 0seme•t at
the Pasteur Ian !tate for a ele.0d be
resolved over a weak ago while gbvlag
.medians to • sew, w iMa died 01 hy-
drophobia.
y-
d Bosse dew Maks ago • young roils
bo' to James Twangs went mad
and hie a aamaer id= AM * heifer
=raSo He.
tite the dogog wag tiled. A cook
of swots ago a saw t0ek IA, sad whits
g�r1e
Mr. scratched
8. 4 the
• t hta.
1Mhidvow
and es do ld-
clan Kr. I gone So the Pisa k
ur
tooter* have
Several Thasastoxd peQrls cusum
bees treated at tM setae leetgse
tar bites r-eoetted utas the cholla..-
p.s.4 b be effected with the dl
opt bftdropbo I* 41d not deve'np
A Doom 'y0 lgalrs.IMO-
risco. A.ttt.sla eaed es a•: err
Y.etlwe as • Itermsd7-
Parts, Oct. 2.--L* ANN& pnt'Yahie
the report of am istereber tib ice'
Calesetto, the Paaatear f c""e
nitelrw OaraAe w��
fatswhsat 1 mlleiosar 11 re eoayVs
• r
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t
Loeb yler mach d �jM e10lill •' seemit C/I
rvo. be
t.,. that aaaee be wee weft - -e.► 'I ~ 1.,. .. pus
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h
days he